CVE-2013-2993
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM WebSphere Commerce 6.x through 6.0.0.11 and 7.x through 7.0.0.7 does not properly perform authentication for unspecified web services, which allows remote attackers to issue requests in the context of an arbitrary user's active session via unknown vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIBM WebSphere Commerce versions 6.x through 6.0.0.11 and 7.x through 7.0.0.7 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in unspecified web services. Attackers can send requests in the context of any active user session without proper authentication, effectively allowing session hijacking through the web services layer.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 6.0.0.1= 6.0.0.2= 6.0.0.3= 6.0.0.4= 6.0.0.5= 6.0.0.6= 6.0.0.7= 6.0.0.8= 6.0.0.9= 6.0.0.10= 6.0.0.11= 7.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed WebSphere Commerce versionLocate the version information for your IBM WebSphere Commerce installation using the IBM Administration Console, installation logs, or versioninfo utilities provided by the product.Affected if The installed version is 6.0.0.1 through 6.0.0.11, or 7.0.0.0 through 7.0.0.7 (including any point releases within these ranges). Versions outside these ranges are not affected.
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Determine if web services are enabledReview the WebSphere Commerce configuration to check whether any web service endpoints (SOAP, REST, or similar) are exposed or enabled in your environment.Affected if Web services are enabled and exposed, making the authentication bypass vulnerability accessible to attackers.
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Check web service authentication configurationInspect the authentication settings for your web service endpoints in the WebSphere Commerce Administration Console or configuration files. Look for endpoints that may be missing explicit authentication enforcement.Affected if Web service endpoints lack proper authentication controls or allow unauthenticated access to session-dependent operations.
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Review active session handlingExamine how the web services layer handles user sessions. Check if requests to web services can include session identifiers without requiring re-authentication.Affected if Web service requests can execute in the context of an existing user session without proper credential validation, enabling session hijacking.
Your environment is affected if you are running WebSphere Commerce versions 6.0.0.1-6.0.0.11 or 7.0.0.0-7.0.0.7 and have web services enabled with insufficient authentication controls on session-dependent endpoints.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply IBM WebSphere Commerce vendor patches to update beyond versions 6.0.0.11 and 7.0.0.7. Additionally, review and enforce proper authentication controls on all web service endpoints, and implement session integrity monitoring to detect anomalous requests.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2013-2993 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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